00:00Doug Karsh, Gator out today.
00:02Next hour, we'll probably get a little bit into
00:04what kind of deal could they actually realistically make
00:09if Tarek Skubal indeed gets sold.
00:13But we've talked about, use the word justification forever.
00:17They have to justify not selling them.
00:18The team has to justify, and quite frankly,
00:21this weekend was a setback.
00:22Blown opportunity, and if I'm running the team,
00:26and I'm not, but if I'm running the team,
00:29I'm going, all right, barring a miracle,
00:32I'm really pushing sell.
00:34As an executive for this team,
00:38I'm not locked in on selling,
00:42but I'm waiting for that miracle,
00:43and if it doesn't happen,
00:45my phone calls are more about moving pieces
00:48than they are about adding pieces.
00:51248-539-9797.
00:54Champ and Chum, get your votes in for Champ and Chum at a weekend,
00:57and what turned out to be a frustrating,
00:59frustrating Saturday and Sunday for our Detroit Tigers.
01:02We go to Josh in Virginia.
01:04You're next.
01:05Hello, Josh.
01:07Hey, Doug.
01:08What's up?
01:08How's it going?
01:09Going good.
01:10So Champ and Chum, Champ, James Sprague,
01:15and Amy Kringle for winning Fittest Man and Woman on the Earth.
01:18It was yesterday, and it's about CrossFit,
01:22and it's like those athletes put everything on the line.
01:25They try so hard.
01:26And, for example, they had to do like a rope climb
01:30with 22 pounds, the men did,
01:33and a vest, a legless rope climb for like three, four attempts,
01:37and it was just crazy how much they tried in that.
01:42So congrats to them.
01:43Champ, Brad Holmes, for the previous show mentioned it.
01:47It's like Kirby was tweeting out stuff,
01:50and now he's on the pup list.
01:51And it's like, why can we not solve this in the offseason?
01:55Why couldn't we just, you know, I don't know what's going on over there.
01:59Well, I mean, I'm going to guess here that they thought
02:01that there was a chance that guys would be back,
02:03or, Josh, they might like the guys they brought in.
02:09Yeah.
02:10I mean, if you're asking what's going on over there,
02:13I'm going to guess that they'll tell you,
02:15well, we did address it.
02:16We went and signed Chuck Clark,
02:18and we went and signed, who was the other one they got?
02:23Christian Isian.
02:24Although Isian may play nickel when it's all said and done,
02:26but they probably would say, well, we did address it
02:28because we think those guys will be back eventually,
02:31and so it's hard to get any long-term solutions
02:34when you are going to have what you hope
02:36is a long-term solution returning.
02:38But look, if Kirby never plays again,
02:40or if Kirby is never the same player,
02:42then it was a bad gamble.
02:44By the way, Josh, where did you watch
02:46this Fittest People competition?
02:48Was that on TV?
02:50So a lot of folks are mad about it.
02:52It's like it was on YouTube,
02:54and then you had to download Slow Sports
02:57for some of the competitions,
02:58and they have 20 events,
03:00which to me, it's like back in the day,
03:02they had like 10 to 12 events.
03:05Now they're up to 20,
03:05and it's just crazy how much competition
03:08they have to go through.
03:09But yeah, I think they'll get it straight
03:11eventually one of these years,
03:12which as far as coverage goes,
03:13I think ESPN might take over some of it.
03:17But yeah, it was just really fun to watch.
03:20All right.
03:20Well, there you go.
03:22Never seen it.
03:25248-539-9797.
03:27Jim and Frazier, you're next.
03:28Hello, Jim.
03:30Hey.
03:31You know, my champ and chum,
03:34my champ was the dingler.
03:35That kid's just rock solid.
03:38You know what I mean?
03:39But my chum goes out to probably Hinge
03:43and mostly Harris.
03:45Every single day, I want to look at this lineup,
03:48and I got to see McKinstry and Burling
03:50and Rodgers, and not Rodgers all the time,
03:53and Tork.
03:54I'm so tired of seeing three or four batters
03:58under 200 in this lineup.
03:59Altman's another one.
04:01You're telling me that Altman is better
04:03than Clark down in the minors?
04:05You're telling me that McKinstry's better
04:07than Anderson?
04:08If they are, then our minor league's not that good.
04:11Because these guys should not be playing right now.
04:15If I was Hinge, I would tell Harris,
04:16I ain't playing them no more.
04:18You know, I'm tired of it.
04:19I'm tired of it.
04:20I'm tired of having to play McKinstry at shortstop.
04:24Why is he playing short when McGonagall's your future?
04:26Put the kid at shortstop and leave him there.
04:29Well, because they have different lineups
04:31on different days,
04:32and sometimes McGonagall's at third.
04:35Yeah, I know.
04:35Why is he playing short when McGonagall's your future shortstop?
04:38Why do you?
04:39Because you're trying to win a game on a given day.
04:43Yeah, I understand that.
04:44But Burling, McKinstry, Tork.
04:48Well, look, I mean, McKinstry, I get it.
04:51He was an all-star last year.
04:53That's why he's here.
04:54They thought he could be maybe not an all-star again,
04:57but he could be a useful player.
04:59Tork's come around quite a bit.
05:00You mentioned him.
05:01Um, Veerling is, you know, might be at the end,
05:05and we might be close to the end with Veerling.
05:06Um, and look, McKinstry isn't rewarding them for the playing time.
05:10I get it.
05:10But, you know, when you say the guys at the minors have to be better,
05:16they're expected to be better,
05:18but those guys are still seasoning,
05:20and they might be getting close.
05:22There's also a bit of a business aspect of it,
05:24in that you can't, if you call them up now,
05:27I don't remember what the,
05:28there's a date now that if you call a guy up,
05:30they lose their rookie of the year status.
05:32They lose their rookie status.
05:34So that might be a week or two away,
05:36but if, you know, trust me,
05:37if they were convinced that those guys absolutely have a better chance of,
05:41of going two for four on a given night than Matt Veerling does at the
05:44major league level,
05:45they'd probably be called up.
05:47And McGonagall is a rare case scenario where a guy hit the ground running.
05:50There are usually some struggles when those guys do get called up,
05:54but my guess is you're probably going to see them pretty soon.
05:57And they're going off past performance.
05:59They believe that those players have a better chance of being productive the
06:04next night than some of your solutions in the minor leagues.
06:08But, you know, I mean,
06:10McKinstry has valuable value in that he can play multiple positions.
06:14I mean, yesterday he went for the hustle play that, you know,
06:18he ran on a left fielder on a,
06:21trying to get from first to third and we,
06:23he was just barely out,
06:24but he was out and it was costly because if he were safe,
06:28I think Outman was up next and Outman hit a deep fly ball to center field that
06:32would have scored him.
06:34And so,
06:35you know,
06:36Outman is an,
06:36is only here as a player that was available when Parker metals got hurt.
06:41And Javi Baez got hurt.
06:44Having Outman here was not really part of the plan.
06:50Outman is okay.
06:51We've lost two center fielders.
06:55Who's,
06:55who's out there?
06:58And it was him.
07:00And clock's probably ticking.
07:02I mean,
07:02he hit the huge two run homer last week,
07:04won a game.
07:05It's two run or three run,
07:06whatever it was,
07:07he won a game for him,
07:08but yeah.
07:09And their frustrations are valid,
07:10but you're asking,
07:11why are these guys here?
07:12Those are probably some of the answers.
07:15And,
07:16you know,
07:17there's something to be said for bottom of the order,
07:20providing very little,
07:23but you know,
07:23torque has come around.
07:24Like he threw torque into that,
07:25you know,
07:26at least he's got his power stroke back and his OPS is back to being average
07:30after being brutal earlier in the year.
07:32So that means he's been actually hitting the ball pretty well to just to get
07:37there.
07:38But yeah,
07:39might be last legs from McKinstry might be last legs for outman might be
07:41last,
07:42last revealing before they move on.
07:46And,
07:47you know,
07:47I mean,
07:48you got to let,
07:49let it,
07:49your,
07:50your guys down at the minors that have potential,
07:53you hope they can live up to it and you hope they're ready when you call
07:56them up.
07:57But I'm seeing traits from Anderson and the box scores and from Max Clark.
08:03That was too bad.
08:04I apparently picked the worst mudhead in the game to go to because they got
08:06smoked like 11,
08:08nothing and neither of them really did anything.
08:10Anderson had a hit,
08:11but you know,
08:12every,
08:13every ball that was even hit to them was kind of routine.
08:15I was kind of hoping to see somebody make a play in a field,
08:17but I went last week and it was not,
08:20it was not very insightful to what they can be.
08:22And then I look at the box scores and it was like every other game,
08:24they're doing something.
08:25But did they tell you,
08:26did you tell them that you were coming?
08:27I did not.
08:28In fact,
08:28I kept it under wraps intentionally.
08:30No,
08:31you should have told them next time.
08:32Maybe next time.
08:32Yeah.
08:32That way they'll do something.
08:34If that's what it takes,
08:37you know,
08:37it is after like,
08:38Oh,
08:38you didn't tell me you were coming.
08:40You know,
08:40like sometimes your kids played youth sports.
08:43Yeah.
08:43Like when they know,
08:44like grandma or grandpa's coming or a favorite aunt or uncle's coming,
08:47they,
08:47you know,
08:47they kind of try to show out a little bit more and you know how it is.
08:50Yeah.
08:50Are you,
08:50are you saying I could be Max Clark's grandpa?
08:53Yeah.
08:53You are on status,
08:54my friend.
08:54I'm sorry.
08:55I don't know if you know the lingo,
08:56but we are you're you're I'm certainly not certainly not one of his boys.
09:01Yeah.
09:03We don't have to go grandpa,
09:04but you did go to the Morgan Wallen concert.
09:06I want to hear more about that later,
09:07man.
09:07Okay.
09:07That was a big deal.
09:08I could not,
09:09I didn't go,
09:10but I felt like I was there because that's all I saw.
09:12I will tell you what my favorite part of it was and everyone's going to go.
09:15Okay,
09:16whatever,
09:16but I will get to that coming up.
09:18now Doug tease.
09:19All right.
09:19Yeah,
09:20I'll do it.
09:20I'll do it next,
09:21next segment.
09:21We'll do it.
09:22We'll do it at 1148.
09:23We'll do it live.
09:24Yeah.
09:26Rick and Ferndale champ Jackson.
09:27Coivin,
09:27the 21 year old golfer won the 3M and his third professional start chump,
09:32the Tigers bullpen.
09:34Yep.
09:34I hope Coivin follows through and shows up here at the,
09:37the rocket classic this week.
09:40Well,
09:41a couple of bullpen at arm certainly might not move the needle a little bit for
09:44the Tigers.
09:45The biggest thing that's going to make a difference on this team is adding
09:48some hitting.
09:48The guys have consistently been left on base for the last three years with zero
09:53or one out is a real weakness on this team for a team.
09:59That's one as much as they have,
10:01and they haven't won a ton,
10:02but they've won.
10:04They've won quite a bit.
10:06I would think,
10:08see if I can find this.
10:09They're batting average with runners and scoring position.
10:13I think would indicate they should be one of the worst teams in baseball.
10:18They do some stuff.
10:19Well,
10:20starting pitching is pretty good.
10:22They've hit for some power.
10:24And even when they're playing well here lately,
10:28it feels to me like they're batting average of runners and scoring position
10:34is absolutely terrible.
10:37But,
10:38but,
10:38but expanded stats.
10:39Hold on.
10:41I can't find this easily.
10:43Probably shouldn't have looked it up or tried to do it live in the air.
10:46I'll find it.
10:47But to whoever sent this in.
10:48Yeah.
10:50Their batting average of runners and scoring position has been bad.
10:54Jump.
10:55Matt Veerling.
10:55Please DFA him as soon as possible.
10:57Champ scoops for two incredible last couple of starts.
11:01Well,
11:01Matt Veerling.
11:02I mean,
11:02it may happen.
11:03It may happen.
11:04If Clark's ready,
11:05it may happen when bias comes back.
11:07Although the bias comes back,
11:09it's probably more,
11:09more than likely Maljuri or you might have an injury list in for Kerry
11:14Carpenter.
11:16And yeah,
11:16Scooble.
11:18Scooble's good.
11:19Managers can have bad seasons,
11:21just like players can have bad seasons.
11:22Managers can have slump,
11:23just like players have slump.
11:25Let's hope AJ gets out of this slump.
11:28Well,
11:29probably coincides with some of the guys that he's counted on the last two
11:32years having slumps,
11:33but yeah,
11:34AJ's not having as good a year.
11:35There's no doubt about it.
11:37All right.
11:38Doug's lame answer to what did I like most about the Morgan Wallen concert
11:41coming up today at 1148.
11:42It is Carson Anderson here on 97.1.
11:44We currently have a fake name for the Morgan Wallen concert.
11:45Let's go to the U.L.
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